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* ”You are Coaching in a multi-team situation and you have just completed their first joint planning event (ala PI Planning or Big Room Planning) which was regarded as successful for all concerned. What kinds of things are you looking for as a coach?” Looking for something beyond “help facilitate key collaboration ceremonies” to more focus on execution of the work (eg help get first feature / objective delivered to get into the habit), and preparation for the next joint planning event, retrospective, | * ”You are Coaching in a multi-team situation and you have just completed their first joint planning event (ala PI Planning or Big Room Planning) which was regarded as successful for all concerned. What kinds of things are you looking for as a coach?” Looking for something beyond “help facilitate key collaboration ceremonies” to more focus on execution of the work (eg help get first feature / objective delivered to get into the habit), and preparation for the next joint planning event, retrospective, | ||
* Bonus question: “What was the last book you read?” Coaches need to be constantly learning. Books, blogs, etc are an indicator of this. | * Bonus question: “What was the last book you read?” Coaches need to be constantly learning. Books, blogs, etc are an indicator of this. | ||
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====== What Questions Should We Ask Prospective Transformational Coaches? | ====== What Questions Should We Ask Prospective Transformational Coaches? | ||
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* "What was the last organizational / coaching experiment you ran and what was the result?" | * "What was the last organizational / coaching experiment you ran and what was the result?" | ||
- | * "If you were to hire a coach, what would you look for?" Looking for discussion more about characteristics, | + | * "If you were to hire a coach, what would you look for and how would you prioritize the skills / values". Looking for discussion more about characteristics, |
* "The organization you are working with has read a lot about agile and are working to form teams. They understand the idea of a "two pizza team" but are struggling to form these teams in all cases. How would you convince the organization that having large teams is OK?" (Looking for a " | * "The organization you are working with has read a lot about agile and are working to form teams. They understand the idea of a "two pizza team" but are struggling to form these teams in all cases. How would you convince the organization that having large teams is OK?" (Looking for a " | ||
* "You are about to facilitate a leadership workshop, involving 20 people of the extended leadership team. If I were to walk into the room where you are facilitating, | * "You are about to facilitate a leadership workshop, involving 20 people of the extended leadership team. If I were to walk into the room where you are facilitating, | ||
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The way it works is that you introduce the concept by saying “I want to understand where some of your expertise lies and rather than ask detailed questions about everything, will just do a quick buzzer round. The way this works is that I’ll say something like ‘what does USA stand for, and you’ll say ...” and hopefully they’ll say “United States of America”. “Good. Sometimes questions will be fill in the blank type questions. Ready? | The way it works is that you introduce the concept by saying “I want to understand where some of your expertise lies and rather than ask detailed questions about everything, will just do a quick buzzer round. The way this works is that I’ll say something like ‘what does USA stand for, and you’ll say ...” and hopefully they’ll say “United States of America”. “Good. Sometimes questions will be fill in the blank type questions. Ready? | ||
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- | * INVEST | + | {{page> |
- | * The 3 C’s of a User Story | + | |
- | * SAFe | + | |
- | * LeSS | + | |
- | * Pivot or ______ | + | |
- | * WIP | + | |
- | * ATDD | + | |
- | * WSJF | + | |
- | * ART | + | |
- | * MVP | + | |
- | * CI/CD | + | |
====== Some Notes on the Interview Process ====== | ====== Some Notes on the Interview Process ====== | ||
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